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Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
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San Rafael
California
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Come
Blessed
Alone
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If you look up charming in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?
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Sometimes that´s all you need…, to know it´s not broken. To know you’re still whole and that you’ll heal.
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Sometimes you build up these walls, you build and you build and you build up these walls and you think they’re so strong, but then someone can come along and tip them over with only his fingers, or the weight of his breath.
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You can hold a secret, hold it so far in that it drives nearly every thought and every move you make- your very heartbeat, almost.
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Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.
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When you raise an animal, you live it like your own child.
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Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.
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No, Mom. I said fine. It's just your tone. Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor.
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You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.
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I may be nervous, I say. Okay, I'm really glad you said that, because I just went to the back room to put on more deodorant. Sebastian says.
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I know parental embarrassment usually stops somewhere at fifteen, but he just kept on giving me good reasons.
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Funny the only two times we use the phrase seeing someone are when we are referring to being in a a relationship or getting psychological help.
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I don't get why prom is like a mini-wedding these days...No one should spend that kind of money for a high school dance.
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Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar.
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I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.
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Darkness does this. It finds all the places you are hiding in. It finds all the things you are holding onto tightly and makes you let go.
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Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up.
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When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.
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The way two people can end up in the same place, find each other in a crowd, and change their lives and the lives of the people around them forever... It makes you believe in fate. And fate gives love some authority. Like it's been stamped with approval from above, if you believe in above. A godly green light. Some destined significance.
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Maybe some people just had trouble with forever.
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